What variables can affect how well the windmill works?
How does a windmill convert moving air into mechanical energy?
Windmill Vocabulary
Blade Pitch
Drag
Drive Shaft
Energy Transformation
Force
Friction
Hub
Plane of Rotation
Rotor
Torque
Part 1
With the materials you are given design and assemble something that will rotate in the wind.
You will not have enough materials for a tower. You will have to hold your windmill or attach
it to a desk. Test your windmill.
Part 2
Windmill pictures and discussion. Make changes to your windmill as needed to improve it.
Part 3
Weight Lifting
Part 4
Test variables, evaluate design, and improve windmill to lift more weight.
With the materials you are given design and assemble something that will rotate in the wind.
You will not have enough materials for a tower. You will have to hold your windmill or attach
it to a desk. Test your windmill.
Windmill pictures and discussion. Make changes to your windmill as needed to improve it.
Weight Lifting
Test variables, evaluate design, and improve windmill to lift more weight.